proffered to all who should engage in this great national object. But no sooner is peace concluded, our ports thrown open to the European nations, our markets inundated with the products of foreign climes, and a general depression in the price of all articles made at home threatens ruin to every domestic

Content Note: The Ephrata Cloister Collection contains items related to the Society of Seventh Day Baptists and Ephrata Cloister. Legal papers deal with a dispute concerning the election of trustees and mismanagement of the estate. There are brief histories of the Cloister, poems, publications, programs

in Kansas City, Missouri by Frank T. Riley Publishing Co., 1912. The last page is an advertisement for “Wondertown,” the toy store in the basement of Hager & Bro. Folder 8 146th Anniversary Program and menu for 146th anniversary dinner. Lists officers and directors and members of the Quarter Century

Content Note: The Invoice and Receipt Collection contains billheads for purchases from Lancaster County businesses or by residents of the county. These invoices and receipts show some or all of the following information: the name of the customer, item(s) purchased, cost, location and description of

. English and Pennsylvania German. H.F.S. 1958. “The Proposed New Prison,” questioning the need for a new jail and the right of the commissioners to make the decision without first obtaining approval from two grand juries and the Court of Quarter Sessions. ca.1850. Transferred from museum flat files, Drawer